Examining the effects of gender and genre on interactions in shared book reading Article

Anderson, J, Anderson, A, Lynch, J et al. (2004). Examining the effects of gender and genre on interactions in shared book reading . READING RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTION, 43(4), 1-20. 10.1080/19388070409558414

cited authors

  • Anderson, J; Anderson, A; Lynch, J; Shapiro, J

abstract

  • The purpose of this study was to investigate whether fathers and mothers read differently to their four-year-old sons and daughters and to examine the effect of genre on the interactions that occurred in parent-child, shared book reading. Twenty-five dyads shared two narrative texts and two non-narrative texts. Results indicated that overall, fathers were more interactive than mothers. Fathers and mothers also differed in terms of the types of interactions and there was some gender/genre interaction effect. As well, parents engaged in more interactions in non-narrative texts than in narrative texts. The child's gender also affected the number and types of interactions. Implications for practice, theory and future research are proposed. © 2004 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

publication date

  • January 1, 2004

published in

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start page

  • 1

end page

  • 20

volume

  • 43

issue

  • 4